*Problem Fixed* Thanks stuckmojo

[imhotepmp]

As above. WHen I try to right ckick on properties or sharing it wont let me access anything. When I used fat32 I could. Ive even tried to go through the disk management console, but it still wont let me do anything to the disks. What Im trying to do is share the drive on my lan. Am I missing something?


update
I relogged on as admin and now its works fine. Should of tried that in the beginnning.

imhotepmp

 

[StuckMojo]

are you in the administrator group? if not, log in as administrator, then try it.

 

[imhotepmp]

yes, Im logged in as admin, but still a no go.

imhotepmp

 

[StuckMojo]

can you describe it a little better? when you right click on a drive, is properties disabled (grayed out)? or just sharing? when/if you get in to properties, is stuff disabled or do you get an error? this is a wierd problem. can you get to security? if so, check it...maybe you somehow set the permissions oddly and its denying you.

sorry i cant be more help :|


[edit] duh. i cant be what i said below since you could do it as fat32

umm...hmm...do you have file and printer sharing turned on? a little different to get to it now in 2k...right click on net neighborhood, choose props, then right click on local area connection, and choose props. you'll get the old familar lan properties. make sure file and printer is in there.

 

[imhotepmp]

stuckmojo

the options arent grayed out, I can click them but its just that nothing happens when I do. This applies to the sharing and the properties option.
what I want to figure out is what option in the mmc has control of this.
yea I have sharing enabled. I know I can because I created a new share in the mmc, but its just that I want to be able do it the way I used to to, right-click-->sharing.

imhotepmp

 

[StuckMojo]

sounds like possibly a registry problem. what shows up in the context menu when you right click on something, and what each item launches, is defined in a (nubmer of) registry key(s) somewhere (i cant remember what key).

check on msdn.microsoft.com for clues/hints.

im going to a lan party tonight. private message me to remind me to see if i can help you out tomorrow.

 

[StuckMojo]

BTW this is just a guess....

 

[StuckMojo]

may possibly be HKLM/software/microsoft/explorer....

also, try creating a new account, adding it to the administrator group, logging in as that new account, and see if you get the same behavior

(grasping straws here but, maybe its a problem in HKCU, so you wouldnt see it as a different user. above test will prove that out)

 

[StuckMojo]

you're welcome

but hey, tell us all how you fixed it! in case it ever happens to me